- The
Mauricewood Colliery Disaster,
occurred at the
Mauricewood pit, near Penicuik, Midlothian,
Scotland on 5
September 1889. A
total of 63
miners were...
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paper mills, the town
became a
burgh in 1866. In 1889, a fire at the
Mauricewood Colliery resulted in the
death of 63 men and boys, with only
seven survivors...
- at the
Wayback Machine scottishmining.co.uk,
accessed 5
April 2009 "
Mauricewood 1889".
Scottish Mining Website.
Retrieved 21 May 2021. "Dinas Colliery...
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Lawfield Primary School,
Mayfield Loanhead Primary School,
Loanhead Mauricewood Primary School,
Penicuik Mayfield Primary School,
Mayfield Moorfoot Primary...
- a
large part in
gaining justice for the
relatives of
victims in the
Mauricewood Pit
Disaster of 1889. He
became a
member of the
Scottish Arts Club in...
- ****ent.
School fees
abolished for
compulsory education. 5
September –
Mauricewood Colliery disaster: a fire at the pit near
Penicuik kills 63 of the 70...
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inspiration for the
literary character Sherlock Holmes.
Lived and died at
Mauricewood House. John
Marius Wilson; John
Wilson (1
January 1882). The Gazetteer...
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Amendment Regulations 2022 (S.S.I. 2022 No. 56) The A702
Trunk Road (
Mauricewood Roundabout to the
Glencorse Junction) (Temporary Clearway)
Order 2022...
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serving a
loading dock. To the
south were
further sidings that
served Mauricewood Colliery. P****enger
numbers slowly dropped after 1905 so it
closed on...
- 1925 to 1931. He was born in Edinburgh, the son of
William ****son of
Mauricewood (near Glencorse) and his wife, Anne Kirk. He
studied law at University...
